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Greene County gets nearly $200K in Wisecarver funding

Ongoing improvements at the Wisecarver Park and Reservoir have received some additional funding. The Greene County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment Thursday to Phase 2 of Wisecarver improvements for an additional award of $199,600. The money is coming from the state Department of ...

Ready to rebuild

Workers from Siron Construction and Supply of Armstrong County perform a site inspection at the base of where the historic cast-iron bridge once crossed Dunlap Creek in Brownsville before it was dismantled in late 2024 to be refurbished. The original ribbing from the cast-iron bridge built in ...

Hunger Action Month shines spotlight on food insecurity

Food banks across Southwestern Pennsylvania are marking Hunger Action Month, and warning that food insecurity in the region has eclipsed levels seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the region, 1 in 8 people are experiencing food insecurity, a result of cuts in federal assistance ...

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Jack of all trades

If a question arose to use a phrase that described what stood out in Friday night’s non-section game between Uniontown and Ambridge at Bill Power Stadium, it would be best to borrow one that was coined so frequently by Mike Tomlin it became universal among coaches and media: “Splash ...

Worth the wait

CALIFORNIA – There were six touchdowns in the first 19 minutes of Thursday’s football game between PennWest California and Charleston. If it seemed like it took a long time for that amount of points to be put on the scoreboard, that’s because they were scored over the span of more than ...

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Rodriguez: WVU will be ‘fun to watch’

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For a fan, West Virginia football’s 2025 season wasn’t very fun. The Ohio game wasn’t enjoyable to watch, the UCF was brutal knowing the circumstances, the start to the Big 12 was rough, and it crescendoed to a 49-0 loss to Texas Tech to close out the season. Rich ...

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OP-ED: Listening to silence for personal development

People talking without speaking. People hearing without listening. And no one dared … Disturb the sound of silence. – “The Sound of Silence,” Paul Simon Sometimes an idea for an essay comes from unusual places and at unexpected times. Such was the case this week. After hearing a ...

Outdoors

How was your summer?

Compared with last year’s drought and excessive heat this was a pretty nice summer. We did have a few too many rainy weekends but overall we managed plenty of nice, sunny, comfortable days and the rains we experienced kept lawns green and crops and flowers happy. Meteorological summer ...

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